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Exhibition October, 16 - November, 8: “Maîtres du Rêve - Art Aborigène d’Australie”

Nathalie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:54:27 +0000

This exhibition will take place in Charenton-le-Pont near Paris, France. It is organized by “Espace Art et Liberté” of Charenton and Mr Luc Berthier. The artworks come from Luc Berthier’s collection (Minnie Pwerle, Lorna Fencer, Rover Thomas, Dr George or Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, etc.).

See more information (in french)

Twelve Canoes

Nathalie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:39:39 +0000

‘12 Canoes’ refers to the sequential naming of each new project springing from the 2005 Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr Co-directed film, ‘Ten Canoes‘ in which they maintain an ongoing role. It also refers to the number of portals on the site, each presenting a different aspect of Yolgnu culture: creation, ancestors, kinship, seasons, first contact, nowadays and so on.

What makes the site unique is that the richness of the Yolgnu culture is revealed by combining video, photography and spoken first-person narrative available in both English and Yolgnu.

Contemporary Aboriginal art has the wind in his sails in France

Nathalie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:51:36 +0000

After the opening of the Quai Branly Museum, some exhibitions in galleries such as Galerie Luc Berthier and some auctions Gaïa and Artcurial, the market of aboriginal art has the wind in the sails.

I have no doubt that this market will develop and grow year after year. Art is a very interesting way for Aboriginal artists to introduce their culture to the rest of the world. French connaisseurs seem to be inrested in this art and that is only a beginning. We’ll see !!

Aboriginal art in France - The Peter Los Collection: Journey through “Time of Dreams”

Nathalie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:41:53 +0000

On July 7 the first-ever sale of Aboriginal Art at Artcurial | Briest - Poulain - F. Tajan. It will be the most important ensemble ever to come to auction outside Australia.
Some sixty works from the personal collection of Peter Los will be offered, with an overall estimate of €600,000. The collection, amassed over a 20-year period through ties of friendship and common experiences shared with Aboriginal communities in the Outback, constitutes a unique, pioneering look at Aboriginal art.

Gabriella Possum Nungurayi painted at the Hotel Dassault a few days before the auction. Her presence in Paris marks a desire to share her work and spread knowledge of contemporary Aboriginal art, now admired in every corner of the globe…

‘Dreamtime’ or ‘Dreaming’

Nathalie — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:53:20 +0000

The expression ‘Dreamtime’ is most often used to refer to the ‘time before time’, or ‘the time of the creation of all things’, while ‘Dreaming’ is often used to refer to an individual’s or group’s set of beliefs or spirituality.

Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children. The stories help to explain how the land came to be shaped and inhabited; how to behave and why; where to find certain foods, etc.

Gathered around the camp fire in the evening, on an expedition to a favourite waterhole, or at a landmark of special significance, parents, Elders or Aunts and Uncles use the stories as the first part of a child’s education.

Introduction to Australia’s Aboriginal culture

Nathalie — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:37:31 +0000

Australia’s Aboriginal culture probably represents the oldest surviving culture in the world, with the use of stone tool technology and painting with red ochre pigment dating back over 60,000 years. Australians never developed an “iron age”, “bronze age”, or pottery, and the terms “palaeolithic” (old stone age) and “neolithic” (new stone age) are not used in Australia, because stone technology did not progress in the same way as the rest of the world.